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Homogeneous

Posted on 15 July 2021 by Iain under Thinking Out Loud

Homogeneous The farther away I go, the closer I feelThe further I feel from you, the nearer we are Connected When I close my eyes, I can see youOnly in silence can I hear youOnly in my solitude can I feel you Linked In my dreams, you are a realityIn my reality, you are a […]

Yesterday is Ashes

Posted on 20 March 2021 by Iain under Thinking Out Loud

Yesterday is Ashes Gone, passed, spent, historyTo be remembered, celebrated or mourned,recalled, recounted, revisited, revered, reviled,distorted, embellished, demonised & made legend! All of these options are available and, in the reality of life,different people will choose differing paths Yesterday is ashes… Ashes flitter away on the wind with their gossips attached, and once flying, they […]

Thoughts

Posted on 9 March 2021 by Iain under Thinking Out Loud

Thoughts My thoughts can travel to the corners of the WorldThey require no Passport or VisaThey require no tickets or bookingsThey require no flight plans to be made My thoughts are the very definition of freedom Yet my thoughts seem constrained by my mind?They are constrained by: ImaginationSelf-EsteemSelf-WorthMy CultureMy FaithMy Lack of FaithMy HomelifeMy DreamsMy […]

Viral

Posted on 24 February 2021 by Iain under Thinking Out Loud

Viral Exponential touch through shared spaceUnequivocal in focus and goalsAn audit trail of diminished hosts I am like the wind… You can only see my impact, but never me Immunity an unknown factorCommunity my ideal hunting groundUnity in distancing my nemesisOpportunity is all I need I am the separator of herds I am the perpetual […]

Anchored

Posted on 20 February 2021 by Iain under Thinking Out Loud

Anchored The question is not whether you are anchored… The question is where you are anchored? Are you anchored to a memoryIn the hope that it can be revived? Are you anchored to a possibilityThat requires you to wait in the past? Are you anchored in a yesterdayThat is destined never to be relived? Locate […]

CoD

Posted on 17 February 2021 by Iain under Thinking Out Loud

CoD Some people flow through life with easeRiding in the slipstream of their forebearsIt is always calm in the eye of the stormNever buffeted by the maelstrom outside their bubble The rest of us must navigate the weather systems of the worldThe hail, monsoons, and tempests that life offers upWe must walk straight into the […]

Manifest

Posted on 14 February 2021 by Iain under Thinking Out Loud

Manifest Juxtaposition in play alwaysTo manifest Vs it is manifestEasy to confuse through desireLaw of attraction Vs attraction of a law Delusion of self, a road well-travelledLitany of self-lies raining downVisibility impacted by closed eyesOpen hearts creating the unseen sights Waking dreams signpost the way Desire is a strong guideAmbition can be a willful deceiverDetermination […]

Desolate

Posted on 12 February 2021 by Iain under Thinking Out Loud

Desolate Connections weakenedTethers emancipatedReciprocity GhostedAssociation seeming to fade Alone and loneliness are not the sameSingular and silent may be bedfellowsDoubt can grow in the absence of contactScouting for what seems to have been lost When laid wide open we are unprotectedAny blow taken will hit hardSelf-preservation re-suits the armourThe path back home is taken with […]

Connections

Posted on 9 February 2021 by Iain under Thinking Out Loud

Connections I stood in the rain and let it cleanse meThe rain matched my moodThe rain was my mood I am the rain The sky’s tears were from my soulRunning down the cheeks of the worldfalling onto my upturned face I am at one I tasted my tears and knew themI saw my wounds and […]

I Am

Posted on 8 February 2021 by Iain under Thinking Out Loud

I AM Depleted                         &                  Increased Diminished                     &                  Augmented Declined                          &                  Approved Discarded                        &                  Cherished Suppressed                     &                   Remembered Neglected                       &                   Discussed Ignored                            &                   Compared Hidden                             &                   Discovered Disregarded                    &                  Revered Forgotten                        &                  Recalled Confused                         &                  Comforted Wounded                        &                  Healed Darkness                          &                  Light Choose your […]

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